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After his performance in Washington - and strangely there's been no follow-up on what's happened or the political fallout from his refusal to be bullied and his absolutely stunning attack - Galloway is once again proving himself high in my expectations.
The G8 summit at Gleneagles, protests are planned obviously.
Kinross council have blocked plans for protestors of the Stop The War coalition to march past the hotel. Perth council said they had to take out insurance of around £5m if they wanted to do this (obviously in no way trying to scupper plans for protest, no sir).
Galloway's response?
"We're marching to Gleneagles. We have a right to march on the streets of our own country against the presence in our own country of dangerous foreign and domestic leaders.
That's our right, we will exercise it, we won't pay for it, we won't take out insurance against ourselves, we won't be denied."
*applauds*
I don't really care if anybody else likes the bloke or rehashes "but he took oil!!!!!" allegations for which he sued & won a newspaper for and gladly went to Washington to answer questions about.
For me myself & I, this is the first time in a long time that a politician actually has the balls to say what he thinks - and it happens to be exactly what an awful lot of people are thinking too.
And as a little exercise in media-self censorship, try to find (without using Galloway's website or any affiliated sites - that'd be bias) what has happened since with the committee.
The G8 summit at Gleneagles, protests are planned obviously.
Kinross council have blocked plans for protestors of the Stop The War coalition to march past the hotel. Perth council said they had to take out insurance of around £5m if they wanted to do this (obviously in no way trying to scupper plans for protest, no sir).
Galloway's response?
"We're marching to Gleneagles. We have a right to march on the streets of our own country against the presence in our own country of dangerous foreign and domestic leaders.
That's our right, we will exercise it, we won't pay for it, we won't take out insurance against ourselves, we won't be denied."
*applauds*
I don't really care if anybody else likes the bloke or rehashes "but he took oil!!!!!" allegations for which he sued & won a newspaper for and gladly went to Washington to answer questions about.
For me myself & I, this is the first time in a long time that a politician actually has the balls to say what he thinks - and it happens to be exactly what an awful lot of people are thinking too.
And as a little exercise in media-self censorship, try to find (without using Galloway's website or any affiliated sites - that'd be bias) what has happened since with the committee.
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My dad met and talked to him a few times in the 80s when he was in my town's Labour Party. Not Galloway but he used to come and speak.
I was tempted to go to Gleneagles but I'm away on holiday. What a rebel I am.
I was tempted to go to Gleneagles but I'm away on holiday. What a rebel I am.
FantasyMeister wrote:
> Because he never
> seemed to question the source of his fundings for the Miriam Appeal
> (something highlighted by one Senator and leaving Galloway with a
> stunned look on his face at the Senate Hearings but glossed over
> later in the media)
I beg to differ; he made the point that not one of those senators questioning him had ever asked where their campaign funding came from. No politician ever does.
You're right; he is a politician. But, agree with them or not, he seems to have principles and expresses them as much as is possible within the confines of his job.
> Because he never
> seemed to question the source of his fundings for the Miriam Appeal
> (something highlighted by one Senator and leaving Galloway with a
> stunned look on his face at the Senate Hearings but glossed over
> later in the media)
I beg to differ; he made the point that not one of those senators questioning him had ever asked where their campaign funding came from. No politician ever does.
You're right; he is a politician. But, agree with them or not, he seems to have principles and expresses them as much as is possible within the confines of his job.
Despite his intellectual loquaciousness Galloway is still a polititian, with rich friends of doubtful virtue. Because he never seemed to question the source of his fundings for the Miriam Appeal (something highlighted by one Senator and leaving Galloway with a stunned look on his face at the Senate Hearings but glossed over later in the media) he is to me just another politician. Albeit a nicely garrulous one. I'd never trust him though.
He was speaking up near where I live last night. Couldn't go as I had a rehearsal alas. But I'm starting to like him more and more. Anyone who makes a nuisance of themselves to the rapidly calcifying strata of authority gets my 2 thumbs up.
I've always respected (lol pun!1) Galloway somewhat for his fearlessness in speaking his mind.
And then there was Washington, and I respected him even more.
This just adds to it.
And then there was Washington, and I respected him even more.
This just adds to it.
In my General Studies exam we were asked about smaller political parties and candidates, and how they affect the democratic system.
I spent most of my time talking about this guy. On the one hand he represents a certain group of people very well and fights for what he believes in. On the other though, he does tend to focus on this one single issue (although that is a problem with many smaller groups) and there was of course the moral issue of his campaign.
My personal opinion was that claiming that the Bethnal Green Labour candidate had "the blood of Iraqis" on her hands was going too far, but hey, he won.
The only bad point of the essay was that I managed to call him Robert Galloway throughout.
I spent most of my time talking about this guy. On the one hand he represents a certain group of people very well and fights for what he believes in. On the other though, he does tend to focus on this one single issue (although that is a problem with many smaller groups) and there was of course the moral issue of his campaign.
My personal opinion was that claiming that the Bethnal Green Labour candidate had "the blood of Iraqis" on her hands was going too far, but hey, he won.
The only bad point of the essay was that I managed to call him Robert Galloway throughout.
After his performance in Washington - and strangely there's been no follow-up on what's happened or the political fallout from his refusal to be bullied and his absolutely stunning attack - Galloway is once again proving himself high in my expectations.
The G8 summit at Gleneagles, protests are planned obviously.
Kinross council have blocked plans for protestors of the Stop The War coalition to march past the hotel. Perth council said they had to take out insurance of around £5m if they wanted to do this (obviously in no way trying to scupper plans for protest, no sir).
Galloway's response?
"We're marching to Gleneagles. We have a right to march on the streets of our own country against the presence in our own country of dangerous foreign and domestic leaders.
That's our right, we will exercise it, we won't pay for it, we won't take out insurance against ourselves, we won't be denied."
*applauds*
I don't really care if anybody else likes the bloke or rehashes "but he took oil!!!!!" allegations for which he sued & won a newspaper for and gladly went to Washington to answer questions about.
For me myself & I, this is the first time in a long time that a politician actually has the balls to say what he thinks - and it happens to be exactly what an awful lot of people are thinking too.
And as a little exercise in media-self censorship, try to find (without using Galloway's website or any affiliated sites - that'd be bias) what has happened since with the committee.
The G8 summit at Gleneagles, protests are planned obviously.
Kinross council have blocked plans for protestors of the Stop The War coalition to march past the hotel. Perth council said they had to take out insurance of around £5m if they wanted to do this (obviously in no way trying to scupper plans for protest, no sir).
Galloway's response?
"We're marching to Gleneagles. We have a right to march on the streets of our own country against the presence in our own country of dangerous foreign and domestic leaders.
That's our right, we will exercise it, we won't pay for it, we won't take out insurance against ourselves, we won't be denied."
*applauds*
I don't really care if anybody else likes the bloke or rehashes "but he took oil!!!!!" allegations for which he sued & won a newspaper for and gladly went to Washington to answer questions about.
For me myself & I, this is the first time in a long time that a politician actually has the balls to say what he thinks - and it happens to be exactly what an awful lot of people are thinking too.
And as a little exercise in media-self censorship, try to find (without using Galloway's website or any affiliated sites - that'd be bias) what has happened since with the committee.
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